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nanarchy on 08 April 2016
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OdinHades said:
nanarchy said:
So you switched from a premium end of the spectrum to one of the cheap bargain basement models and are shocked it doesn't perform like your model that costs more than four times the price. the 640 is actually a great phone for the price. Windows Phone OS for many is far better than IOS, for others it is worse, personally I rate Windows Phone first then Android and way way down the list the slow cumbersome iOS, but it is all personal preference.

No, the performance wasn't any problem to me. It's not as fluid as iOS, sure, but good enough especially considering the price. The real problem is the OS with problems and missing features like there's no tomorrow. A data connection that loses its connection every few minutes is absolutely inexcusable, no matter how cheap a phone is. Constant reboots for no apparent reason are not what users should expect, even on a cheap phone. Basic features like a flashlight are to be expected, especially when the hardware itself is already there. I should also be able to connect the phone to my computer, no matter if it's a Mac or a PC. If you get a dirt cheap Android phone, you can connect it just fine with your computer or Mac. There is simply no reason why I shouldn't be able to access my phone from a Mac, there should be a option for Mass Storage at the very least.

Those are just a few examples for why the software is really really bad. And as those are purely software issues, they are also present on high-end Windows devices like the Lumia 950, which is even more ridiculous. I never once complained about the speed or the performance, those were absolutely great considering the price of the device. But the OS is just broken, plain and simple. 

Never had a problem with my data connection, I use it as my access point for work almost everyday. It has a flashlight I assume you just didn't know where to look. Macs are notoriously bad with any non apple hardware, unlike iphones a windows phone can just be easily opened as a storage device assuming the OS doesn't suck arse.